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Originally Posted by CreativeOne
To be honest - totally not what I expected.
While I was about to start removing all the parts to get to the diff, my brother had a quick look and saw that actually one of the axle shafts were turning when turning the drive shaft, just not the wheel itself.
Which meant that the diff was not the issue - the issue was at the very end of the axle - I honestly don't know how its called in English, but you will see the picture of it and understand.
What had happened was that probably some time ago, when I did some other maintenance work on the car, I had twisted the end/boot of the axle shaft too much and a few ball bearing fell out of place - making the whole shaft be in place and not vibrate, but also not engage properly.
I cleaned the whole thing, inspected for damage (no damage) and re-assembled with bearing grease - and now works like charm, have my xdrive working again! 
The diff I had bought I will be sending back and getting a refund. |
Similar issue on a Chrysler minivan...